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Definition of Aztecan
1. Noun. The Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Aztec.
Definition of Aztecan
1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic the Aztecs or their culture ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aztecan
Literary usage of Aztecan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Race: A Linguistic Classification and Ethnographic Description by Daniel Garrison Brinton (1901)
"I. THE UTO-aztecan TRIBES. OF all the stocks on the North American Continent,
that which I call the Uto-aztecan merits the closest study, on account of its ..."
2. Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance & Folklore by Edwin Sidney Hartland, Jessie Laidlay Weston, Charles J Billson, Edward Vernon Arnold, Ivor Bertram John, Lucy Winifred Faraday, Francis Edward Sandbach, Lewis Spence, Alfred Trübner Nutt (1901)
"acquired a significance in aztecan eyes quite out of all proportion to his ...
To the aztecan mind he was a culture- hero, unalterably associated with the ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"They had developed a moderate degree of culture when the aztecan tribes invaded
... and when they succumbed to aztecan inroads they dowered their conquerors ..."
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